Just around the corner
there's a rainbow in the sky,
So let's have another cup of coffee,
and let's have another piece of pie.
Things that really matter
Are the things that gold can't buy
So let's have another cup of coffee,
and let's have another piece of pie.
Irving's Berlin's 1932 song was written for the Broadway musical Face the Music, a comedy mocking police corruption and investment scams during the Great Depression. The lead characters are in a Horn & Hardart Automat because they lost all their money in the Crash of '29.
Horn & Hardart Automats, the precursor to fast food, let you trade in your pennies for a nickle to buy a sandwich, some mac & cheese, or a piece of pie. The first automat opened in 1902 in Philadelphia. They were a regular meeting spot for entertainers, stevedores, hookers, and homeless folks, because they were cheap, the food was good, and no one cared if you stayed all night. The last automat (in NYC) closed in 1991.
That song Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee became a hit, with it's upbeat insistence that good times were on the way. It's a catchy tune, and it's also a clue for this cache.